CreateAutoSearchField

rbuser

Hi

In the demo of CustomAutoSearchDialog search fields are made :

lAutoSearchField := ppReport1.CreateAutoSearchField('Customer',
'Company', 'Company Name', dtString, soLike, '', False);

in this method the type of the field is set (dtString)

I want to have a dblookupcombo there which i fill my self.

How to do this?

Eric

nardmoseley

The myASDlg.pas unit in the CustomAutoSearchDialog dialog example project,
shows how to create a custom autosearch panel class. The example is for a
calendar date picker that can be used for date field types. You can use the
same approach to create a custom panel that has a combobox.

An autosearch dialog is comprised of one panel for each autosearch field. In
the myAsDlg.pas unit, check out TmyAutoSearchDialog.GetPanelClassForField


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Nard Moseley
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rbuser

Hi

Why is "TppSimpleSearchPanel.ValidateEditControl" not virtual? (7.04)

i like to use a descendant of TppSimpleSearchPanel to be used with a
dblookup instead of a edit.
But i need to override ValidateEditControl

Eric

rbuser

Hi

I have it working with the dropdown.

Now i have the following question:

The example is based on 1 report
I was the dropdown tp work in the enduser environment where i do not know
what reports the user is going to make!

I have a table with companies and its key is company_id , wo whenever a
users create a report where he wants to select a company_id, i want my
lookup panel where he can select a company to be used.
This because the resulting where clause (where company_id = 10) if much
faster then 'where company like ''.

So the users decides himself if i wants to use a search on company_id.

So i need to "ppRegisterForm" my searchclass.
But where do i put my "GetAutoSearchValues" code?

Eric

rbuser

Hi

I have it all working!

Eric

rbuser

Hi

RB is realy a great reporting framework!

Eric

rbuser

Eric,

Hello. I am just beginning to take a look at AutoSearch and have the same
requirements that you have ...

1. The user selects a report template from a list.
2. I need to give them a popup search dialog, populated with the WHERE
fields from the underlying template.
3. Apply the users settings to display the correct range of data records.

Do you have code snippets / units that you can share and demonstrate how
this is done?

Thanks, Patrick